Basic Income

 I mentioned that there is a safety net called welfare assistance to address concerns about what to do if you are in financial difficulty in a world where you can no longer borrow money, but a more advanced idea is called 

"basic income." 

This is a system in which society provides basic expenses necessary for life. It seems that no country has implemented this yet, but discussions are underway in European countries where social welfare is advanced. As we have seen before, the uptake rate of welfare assistance is high in Northern and Western European countries. The idea of ​​guaranteeing food, clothing, and shelter to all citizens is shared by the entire population. It is understandable that the idea of ​​"basic income" came from such countries. 

For those who believe in the Buddha who "knows what is enough" 

For those who make "few desires and contentment" their motto, 

"basic income" is like paradise. 

Is heaven approaching? Paradise is already near. 

However, a considerable amount of financial resources is required to realize this. It may not be possible all at once. If so, how about combining it with some in-kind provision? Rice is soaring in price right now (in Japan), but people who could produce it aren't allowed to do so, so there's a lot of fallow land. There's still plenty of production capacity. Clothes are being thrown away, and there are a lot of vacant houses. I think it's possible to transition to a basic income while combining a system for effectively distributing things in kind.


But even if basic income were to provide people with money to live a healthy and cultured life (the Constitution uses the word "minimum," but I don't like this. If you're healthy and cultured, there's no best or worst. It's a modest desire and contentment kind of idea), what if they were to immediately put it all into an online casino and lose it all in an instant? For those people, the only option is to provide things in kind.

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